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Camion

Camion

See also: camion and camión

Luxembourgish

Noun

Camion m (plural Camionen)

  1. lorry, truck

camion

camion

See also: Camion and camión

English

Noun

camion (plural camions)

  1. A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
    • 1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society 2008, p. 12:
      There were small gray motor cars that passed going very fast; usually there was an officer on the seat with the driver and more officers in the back seat. They splashed more mud than the camions even […].

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From French camion.

Noun

camion m (plural camions, diminutive camionnetje n)

  1. (Belgium) lorry; truck

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French

Etymology

Unknown origin, however, most likely early 19th century. Possibly from chemin (way, route), see Spanish camino, or from Latin chamūlcus (cart), from Ancient Greek χᾰμουλκός (khamoulkós, crane, windlass, or possibly other machine), from χθών (khthṓn, earth, ground) + ἑλκέω (helkéō, I drag).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.mjɔ̃/
  • (Marseille) IPA(key): /ka.mi.jɔ̃/
  • (Toulouse) IPA(key): /ka.mi.ɔŋ/
  • Rhymes: -jɔ̃

Noun

camion m (plural camions)

  1. lorry (UK); truck (US)

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Italian

Noun

camion m (invariable)

  1. lorry (British)
  2. truck (US)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French camion.

Noun

camion n (plural camioane)

  1. lorry, truck

Declension